# dit
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: dĭt, IPA: /dɪt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Etymology 1

From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.

#### Verb

dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditting, simple past and past participle ditted)
* (UK dialectal, Northern England) To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
* (obsolete) To close up.
** 1599, James VI and I, Basilikon Doron:that I would haue thought my sincere plainnesse in that first part vpon that subiect, should haue ditted the mouth of the most enuious Momus

##### Related terms

* dottle

### Etymology 2

Variant of dite.

#### Noun

dit (plural dits)
* (obsolete, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit: / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].
* (obsolete) A word; a decree.

### Etymology 3

Imitative.

#### Noun

dit (plural dits)
* The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

##### Translations
#### See also

* dah

### Etymology 4

Shortening.

#### Noun

dit (plural dits)
* (information theory) decimal digit

##### Derived terms

* qudit

### Etymology 5

From French dit (“called”). Doublet of ditto.

#### Adjective

dit (not comparable)
* (Canada, obsolete) Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.

##### Related terms

* on dit

#### See also

* dit da jow

### Anagrams

* DTI, IDT, TDI, TID, it'd, tid

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* 't (Cape Afrikaans)

### Etymology

From Dutch dit (“this”), from Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dət/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

dit (possessive sy)
* it, this, that (subject and object)
** referring to the context
    Dit lyk baie moeilik.It seems very difficult.
** referring to something seen or heard in the real world
    Dit is ’n huis. ― This is a house.
** referring to non-personal singular nouns
    Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het dit nog nie gelees nie.She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.

#### Usage notes

* Dit is is commonly contracted to dis, both in speech and writing: Dis 'n huis.

#### Synonyms

* (referring to something seen or heard): hierdie; daardie (both more demonstrative)
* (referring to non-personal singulars): hy, hom

#### Derived terms

* dis

#### Related terms

* die, dié

### See also

| | | subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun |
| singular | 1st | ek | my | my | myne |
| singular | 2nd | jy | jou | jou | joune |
| singular | 2nd, formal | u | u | u | u s’n |
| singular | 3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne |
| singular | 3rd, fem | sy | haar | haar | hare |
| singular | 3rd, neut | dit | dit | sy | syne |
| plural | 1st | ons | ons | ons | ons s’n |
| plural | 2nd | julle / jul$^1$ | julle / jul$^1$ | julle / jul$^1$ | julle s’n |
| plural | 3rd | hulle / hul$^1$ | hulle / hul$^1$ | hulle / hul$^1$ | hulle s’n |
| 1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. ||||||

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* ditu, ditru, din

### Etymology

From Latin de-inter.

### Preposition

dit
* from

#### Related terms

* dintrã
* ditrã

## Breton
### Pronoun

dit
* second-person singular of da

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdit]
* Rhymes: -it

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin digitus. Doublet of dígit. Cognate with Occitan det and dit, French doigt, Spanish dedo and dígito, Portuguese dedo and dígito, and Galician dedo.

#### Noun

dit m (plural dits)
* finger, toe
* fingerbreadth
    tres o quatre dits d'amplethree or four finger(breadth)s wide

##### Derived terms

* com l'anell al dit
* ditet

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin dictus.

#### Participle

dit (feminine dita, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dites)
* past participle of dir

##### Derived terms

* dita

### Further reading

* “dit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “dit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* diss (as neuter singular, especially Kölsch)
* det, dess (widespread vocalic variant)

### Etymology

From Middle High German diser m, whose neuter was dit in Central Franconian (other Middle High German diz). The regular outcome would be disse vs. det. The vocalic variation was levelled one way or the other in all dialects. Levelling of the consonantism remained optional and probably occurred only after the determiner had been chiefly restricted to periods of time.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dit/
* (masculine disse) /ˈdizə/

### Determiner

dit (masculine disse, feminine and plural diss)
* this, the current
    disse Mond ― this month
    diss Woch ― this week
    dit Johr ― this year
* (very rare) this, the one right here
    Synonyms: dat, hee dat, dat ... hee

## Danish
### Pronoun

dit (common din, plural dine)
* (possessive) neuter singular of din

#### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | common | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
| Singular | Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal (uncommon) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | hendes | hendes |
| Singular | Third | common (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | indefinite | man | en | ens | ens | ens |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine |
| Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | vores | vores |
| Plural | First | archaic / formal | vi | os | vor | vort | vore |
| Plural | Second | – | I | jer | jeres | jeres | jeres |
| Plural | Third | – | de | dem | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | sig | deres | deres | deres |

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit. Cognate with German dies.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪt/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Dit
* Hyphenation: dit
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Determiner

dit n (proximal demonstrative)
* neuter singular of deze (“this”); referring to a thing or a person closer by.
    dit huisthis house
    dit kindthis child

#### Derived terms

* ditmaal

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dit
* Jersey Dutch: dit

### Pronoun

dit n (proximal demonstrative)
* neuter singular of deze; this, this here
    Wat is dit?What is this?

#### Usage notes

This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart hier. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

### See also
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old French dit, from Latin dictus.

#### Participle

dit (feminine dite, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dites)
* past participle of dire
    Il a dit son nom. ― He said his name.
* (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name.

##### Derived terms

* ledit
* leurdit
* lieu-dit
* mondit
* notredit
* sondit
* susdit
* tondit
* votredit

### Etymology 2

From Latin dīcit, third-person singular present active indicative of dīcō.

#### Verb

dit
* inflection of dire:
** third-person singular present indicative
** third-person singular past historic
    « Je m’appelle Paul, » dit-il. ― “My name is Paul,” he said.

### Further reading

* “dit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin dictus, dictum.

### Verb

dit
* past participle of dî

### Adjective

dit
* said

### Noun

dit m (plural dits)
* saying, maxim

## German
### Alternative forms

* düt

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪt/, /dʏt/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

dit
* (colloquial, regional, north-eastern Germany, including Berlin) Synonym of das
    Kann man dit irgendwie ändern?Can this be changed somehow?
    Wie oft muss ick ’n dir dit noch sagen?How many times do I have to tell you this?

## Indonesian
### Noun

dit
* (law enforcement) Clipping of direktorat (“directorate”).

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

From French dire (“to tell”), compare Haitian Creole di.

### Verb

dit
* to tell

### References

* Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

## Low German
### Alternative forms

* düt

### Pronoun

dit n
* this

#### See also

* disse (dissen)

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronoun

dit
* this

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Determiner

dit
* neuter nominative/accusative singular of dese

### Further reading

* “dit”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dit”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## North Frisian
### Article

dit
* (Sylt) the (neuter singular)

#### Usage notes

* Besides personal and possessive pronouns, dit is the only gendered form in Sylt Frisian, as gender distinctions in determiners and adjectives have been lost (unlike other North Frisian dialects). This causes a marked tendency to abolish grammatical gender altogether (compare the article template below). The distinction of the neuter is mainly stabilized by Standard German influence; gender distribution, when applied, therefore tends to follow closely the German pattern.

#### Alternative forms

* det (Föhr-Amrum), dåt (Mooring)

### See also

| | | masculine / feminine | neuter | plural |
| definite / demonstrative | full | di | dit | di |
| definite / demonstrative | reduced | — | — | — |
| indefinite / numeral | full | jen | jen | — |
| indefinite / numeral | reduced | en | en | | — |
| negative | negative | niin | niin | niin |
| Spoken Sylt Frisian has a strong tendency to generalize di and thereby abolish grammatical gender. However, dit is usually maintained with nominalized adjectives and infinitives. Total reduction of the definite article is very common after prepositions, otherwise exceptional. |||||
* de, jü, da, dön

## Norwegian
### Adverb

dit
* to that place; thither

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* det

### Etymology

From Latin digitus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dit]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dit m (plural dits)
* finger

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin dictum.

#### Noun

dit oblique singular, m (oblique plural diz or ditz, nominative singular diz or ditz, nominative plural dit)
* word
* story; tale

##### Synonyms

* conte
* lai

### Etymology 2

From Latin dictus.

#### Verb

dit
* past participle of dire
* third-person singular present indicative of dire
* third-person singular past historic of dire

##### Descendants

* French: dit

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* dyt
* ditt

### Etymology

From Early Scots ditt or dyt, from Old English dyttan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɪt/
* (Hawick) IPA: /ˈdɪʔ/

### Verb

dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditin, simple past ditt, past participle ditt)
* to close (especially of a door or mouth)
* to block or stop up (of an opening)
* to obstruct, especially from view
* to darken or dim (in the sense of obscuring light)
* of the sun: to sink or to be obscured by clouds

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish þit, from Old Norse þít, according to SAOB likely from þí + at. þí is in turn an old locative, possibly related to Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹 (þei), and more distantly to Ancient Greek τεῖ (teî) in τεῖδε (teîde, “thither”). Equivalent to ty + åt.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

dit (not comparable)
* to there, thither, (often in practice, in translations) there
    Antonym: hit (“to here, hither”)
    Jag gick dit, så nu är jag därI went [to] there, so now I am there
    Jag gick där (for comparison)I was walking (around) there / I was walking at that location
    Jag har aldrig varit i London, men jag ska dit snartI've never been to London, but I'm going [to] there soon (see ska for why there is no resa (“travel”), åka (“go”), or the like)
    springa hit och ditrun to here and to there / run hither and thither (indicating for example chaos or a lack of direction)
* (relative) to where, where (expresses movement to a place)
    staden dit de flyttadethe city [to] where / to which they moved
** 1973, Landslaget (lyrics and music), “Tala om vart du ska resa [Tell me where you are traveling [to where you shall (are going to) travel]]”‎:Ta mig dit där solen skiner, dit där himlen jämt är blå, dit där sjöarna är klara, dit jag alltid velat gå.Take me [to] where ["to where, where ..." – second "where" from "där"] the sun shines, [to] where [where] the sky is always blue, [to] where [where] the lakes are clear, [to] where I've always wanted ["have wanted" – "have" implied from supine] to go [walk].

### See also

* där (“there, as a location”)
* ditåt (“that way”)
* ty
* vart

### References

* dit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* tid

## West Frisian
### Determiner

dit
* neuter singular of dizze